Is it the same as a program?
2006-07-17 19:32:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It can be a "Key" or just the "Lock", or both. It is generally accepted that a 16 yr old girl in Iceland wrote the algorithm that gave us the 128 security code system for secure sites. If you click on IE's help button and then on the about button, that second item down is a product of her algorithm. A "program" generally will contain several and even many "algorithms", little packages of sophisticated code that will preform special tasks in side the running program with out being seen.
2006-07-17 19:49:17 · answer #1 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
an algorithm is not a program, but a program can be made from an algorithm, its like when you need to write a program, you first develop the high level design by writing an algorithm, with a serious of blocks, for example you need to write a program to find the greater of two numbers, you write an algorithm first like begin, check whether a is greater than b, if true print a, else print b, then end, after this you start to code for the program, in which ever language you want it.
2006-07-18 02:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by who is this 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In mathematics and computing, an algorithm is a procedure (a finite set of well-defined instructions) for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state. The computational complexity and efficient implementation of the algorithm are important in computing, and this depends on suitable data structures.
2006-07-18 02:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An algorithm is an algebraic arithmetic formula.
A series of these formulae go into making a program
2006-07-18 02:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an algorithm is a set of steps or rules to solve a solution
2006-07-18 02:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋